Swinging window.



No. 658,886. Patented Oct. 2, I900. H. K. WHITNER.

SWINGING WINDOW.

(Application filed Feb. 9, 1900.)

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I-I-IRAM K. WHITNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SWINGING WINDOW.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 658,886, dated October2, 1900. Application filed February 9, 1900. $erial No. 4,603. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LHlRAM K. WH-ITNER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Swinging Windows, of which thefollowing is a specification. V

My invention relates more particularly to that type of swingingWindow-sashes that are movable in a vertical plane in sashways of abalance-window, said sashways being provided with casing-stops andparting-strips.

The object of my invention is to providea cheap and simple method ofswinging said balance-window inward, keeping said sash in an uprightposition while being cleaned.

My invention consists in a novel construe tion of the component partspertaining to a swinging window and differing from any of the well-knownmethods provided for swinging said sash-frames. I am aware that it isnot new to provide a portable hanging member consisting of amultiplicity of parts, a journal-rod adapted to pivotally engage withfour eyes in as many lugs, said four lugs being vertically bifurcated inthe form of slitted dog-ears and adapted to register with fourprotruding screws, two of said screws being fixed protrudinglyin theinner casingstops and two being fixed protrudingly in the side stile ofthe lower (inner) sash-frame, while for the purpose of swinging theupper (outer) sash-frame inward two of said protruding screws are fixedprotrudingly in the parting-strip and two are fixed protrudingly in theside stile of said upper sash. It will be found in a reduction topractice that permanently-protruding screws pertaining to an upper sashwill interfere with the proper construction of the check-rails of abalance-win dow. Furthermore, the farther the pivotal point is placedfrom said stops and from said parting-strip the greater will be theconcentric sweep of the edge of the side stile of saidsash in engagementwith the sashway to which said stop or said parting-strip pertains, andthe greater said concentric sweep is the greater will be the liabilityof said side stile to pinch in said sashways while being swung upon saidpivotal points. Hence I do not claim said journaled hanger interposedbetween said four protruding screws pertaining to each sash and adapt-edto register with said four lugs. Having thus fully disclaimed saidcombination, I will hereinafter show by reference-letters referring ton: y accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like parts,howI constructmy swinging window in a manner whereby said objectionableconcentric sweep will he reduced to a minimum, and inasmuch as the lowersashes in this type of swinging windows in a building Lmust be swung outof the path of the upper sash, and at least two hangers must be providedto each building, I construct each of said hangers upon a modeldiffering from each other, thereby'adapting each to the requirements ofthe situation in which said hangers will be placed, and inasmuch as therelative positions of the protruding screws in the up per sash-frame areprecisely the same as those placed in the lower, the one treatment beingthe equivalent of the other, I show the treatment of but one, the lowersash-frame. A full knowledge of the situation will have been obtainedwhen it is-remarked that the sweep of the lower sash in swinging isimmeasurably greater than that of the upper sash. Hence the differencein the construction of saidhangers, hereinafter more fully described.

Figure 1 shows my portable hanger in engagement with fixed screwspertaining to a lower sash. Fig. 2 shows a method of fixing screwsrelatively pertaining to an upper and a lower sash. Fig. 3 shows aportable hanger detached. Fig. 4 shows an end view of Fig. 3. Fig. 5shows a back view of Figs. 3 and 4. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of thewindow, showing the jamb or casing in elevation. Fig. 7 is a horizontalsection of the casing through the weight-box closure. Fig. 8 shows acrosshead of another form of portable hanger. Fig. 9 is an end view ofthe device shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a front view of the recedablescrew and plate. Fig. 11 is a longitudinal section of the plate shown inFig. 10.

In Fig. 1 my portable hanger adapted to swing the lower sash is shown inengagement with the screws S and S protruding from casing-stop S, andscrews Q and Q protruding from side stile Q, the latter pertaining tothe lower sash of a window. In Fig. 2 said screws are shown in the sainerelative position, with said portable hanger detached. In Fig. 3 I showmy portable hanger adapted to swing said lower sash detached. A is abar, preferably made in the form of a bar of angle-iron, as shown incross-section in Fig. 4. B and B are cross-head extremes to said bar A.C and C are plates having clefts E and E, of U form, adapted to registerwith said screws Q and Q l) and l) are hollow sockets, preferablycylindriform, each having a horizontal slot of keyhole form, consistingof eyes F and F and of incurvated horizontal slots G and G. Of saidkeyhole form of slot a front View is shown in Fig. 3 and a back View inFig. 5. It will be observed that said hollow sockets of cylindritormwhen in engagement with said ii xed screws protruding from said stop Swill have the function of a balland -socket joint the movements of whichare limited to a horizontal motion. Furthermore, it will be observedthat with said lower sash raised said portable hanger may be made topresent the eyes F and F to the heads of screws S and 8*, respectively,in which position said screws may be made to register with saidhorizontal slots G and G. Said portable hanger is now swung inward toclear the descending sash, when the screws Q and Q will register withsaid U- form clefts E and E, respectively. We have now simply to removethe opposite casing-stop and disconnect the sash-cord from its anchorageon said opposite side of the sash-frame, and said free edge or free sidestile of said sash-frame may beswung inward. The whole lower sash willnow swing clear of its sashways on each side of said window.

In Fig. 8 I show an upper cross-head pertaining to a hanger adapted toswing the upper sash-frame, the lower cross-head pertaining to saidhanger being an exact duplicate of said Fig. 8 cross-head. I illustratebut one, both of said cross-heads being a continuation to the bar a. disa hollow socket, preferably cylindriform, having a cleft e of U form,(also shown in cross-section in Fig: 9,) said hollow socket d being alsoprovided with a slot of T form, the horizontal slot of T form beingincurvated to conform with the wall of said cylindriform socket. f is apendent cleft in the form of a stem pertaining to said T-form socket andcommunicating with said incurvated horizontal slot, said pendent cleftfbeing adapted to register with screw 8, protruding from theparting-strip s, the duplication of said memberf being adapted toregister with screw 3 (Shown in Fig. 2.)

From the nature of the construction of said balance-window it will beobserved that the check-rail 0, pertaining to said upper sash, offers aserious obstacle to the method obtaining preliminary to swinging thehereinafter described lower sash. Hence said hanger specifically adaptedto swing said upper sash must have said upper sash lowered to such adegree in order that when said dual pendent cleft members illustrated byf are made to register with said protruding screws 5 and s' said hangerwill-be above said checkrail 0 in order that said upper sash may belowered farther, whereby the protruding screws q and g pertaining tosaid upper-sash frame, may be made to register with said dual clefts ofU form illustrated by e. The two operative stages preliminary toswinging said upper sash, after the lower sash has been swung out of thepath of said upper sash, are very simple. First, the dual T- formsockets are hung, as it were, upon the said screws .9 and s said T-forinpendent clefts (ill ustrated byf) registering with said screws. Saidhanger is now swung into position to make it receptive to the secondstage. Said upper sash is now lowered somewhat farther, said screws qandg pertaining to said upper sash, being made to descend into said dualclefls of U form, (illustrated by 8,) and said upper sash may also beswung inward after the parting-strip pertaining to the opposite side ofsaid window and the sash-cord are disconnected from theirfastenings inmanner well known to the arts for making repairs. Figs. 10 and 11 show aconstruction whereby said screws S and S pertaining to theparting-strip, and said screws q and (1 pertaining to the side stile ofsaid upper sash, may be made recedable in order that the properclearance may be aiforded for the passage of the check-rails O and o. InFig. 11, in crosssection, X is a recedable screw-bolt, Y is an insetfacing-plate adapted to engage with the threaded shank of said recedablescrews, and Z is a nut engaging said screw-bolt at its free end andriveted thereto in order to limit the approachable travel of saidscrew-bolt. In Fig. 2 said inset plates y y are rectilinear in form inorder to conform with said partingstrip and adapted to be secured by twowoodscrews in engagement with each plate. In Fig. 10 said inset plate Yshows a face of oval form with said screw-bolt receded, causingits headto contact with said plate Y, said inset plate of oval form beingespecially adapted to be inset in the side of the side stile of theupper sash-frame as an equivalent for q and g pertaining to said uppersash, where said receded screw-bolts will be out of the line of travelof said check-rail O, and when said screws are receded in theparting-strip said screws will be out of the path of travel ofcheck-rail 0. Figs. 6 and 7 show several members so secured and combinedin an integral member which may be removed as a whole by pulling thebottom of said integral member across the opening of said window whenthe lower sash is raised to its full height and the upper sash islowered to the bottom. K is the section of a pulley-stile, usuallyremovable to afiord access to the weight-box ICC I and M in order thatsaid raised lower sash will not obstruct said movements. L is a sectionof a casing-stop affording an avenue of escape for the swingingsash-frames. M- is a section of the parting-strip also affording anavenue of escape for the upper sash.

Having thus fully set forth my invention, I will now in claims point outwhat, is new and novel:

1. In a swinging balance-window, the combination,with a window-frame,alower and an upper sash-frame, of a portable hanger having a cross-headfixed at each extreme of a bar,said bar being adapted to give stabilityto said cross-heads,each of said cross-heads being provided with a cleftof U form and a hollow cylindriform socket, each of said hollow sockets.being provided with a keyhole-form eye and slot incurvated to conformwith the wall of said hollow socket, said incurvated slot being adaptedto register with a protruding screw fixed to a casing-stop pertaining tosaid Window, said U-form clefts being adapted to register with theprotruding screws fixed to the side stile of a lower sash-frame, wherebythe lower sash of said window may be swung inward,and means whereby theupper sash may be swung inward, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a swinging balance-window, the combination, with a window-frame, alower and an upper sash-frame, of a portable hanger having a cross-headfixed at each extreme of a bar, said bar being adapted to give stabilityto said cross-heads, each of said crossheads being provided with ahollow cylindriform socket, each of said hollow sockets being providedwith a U-forrn cleft and with a slot of T form having an incurvatedhorizontal slot and a pendent cleft, said T-form slot being adapted toregister with a screw propertaining to said window may be swung in,-ward, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a swinging balance-window, in combination with a window-frame, alower and an upper'sash-frame, a casing-stop S provided with theprotruding screws S and 8*, a sashframe having a side stile Q providedwith the protruding screws Q and Q a portable hanger having a bar Aprovided with crossheads B and B having clefts E and E of U form,saidclefts being adapted to register with said screws Q and Q said portablehanger being provided with hollow cylindriform sockets D and D andhaving slots of keyhole form consisting of eyes F and F and incurvatedslots G'and G, said keyhole-form slots being adapted to register withsaid screws S and S as a means whereby said lower sash may be swunginward, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a swinging balance-window, in combination with a window-frame, alower and an upper sash-frame, a parting-strip 3 provided with theprotruding screws 8 and 8 a sash-frame having a side stile qprovidedwith two relatively-placed screws q and (1 a portable hangerhaving a bar 0. provided with the cross-head at the top extreme andprovided with a duplication of said cross-head at the bottom extreme,each of said cross-heads being provided with a hollow cylindriformsocket d, eachof said hollow cylindriform sockets being provided with aU-form cleft e and an incurvated slot 9 and a pendent cleft f, as ameans whereby said upper sash may be swung inward, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

5. In a swinging balance-window, in combination with a window-frameprovided with casing-stops and parting-strips, a lower and an uppersash-frame provided with side stiles, a recedable screw-bolt X adaptedto engage with a facing-plate Y adapted to be fixed to saidcasing-stops, to said parting-strips and to said side stiles, a nut Zadapted to limit the approach of said recedable bolt, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

HIRAM K. WHITNER.

Witnesses:

I. A. HELMIOH, E. M. KLATOHER.

